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Bonhams: Photographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 913,372.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 09, 2026 - April 09, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 588,500.00 |
| Sale Number | #31872 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 869,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 125 | ||
| Sold Lots | 92.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 753,500.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 73.60% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,103,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 33 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 82.81% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Irving Penn | Cuzco Children |
1948, printed 1973 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 76,700.00 |
| 9 | Robert Mapplethorpe | Irises |
1986 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 51,200.00 |
| 7 | Sally Mann | 'Sunday Funnies' (from 'Immediate Family') |
1991 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 38,400.00 |
| 10 | Robert Mapplethorpe | Hyacinth |
1986 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 38,400.00 |
| 74 | Peter Beard | 'Giraffes in mirage on the Taru desert, Kenya, June 1960' (for 'The End of the Game') |
1960, printed later | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 30,720.00 |
| 20 | Irving Penn | 'Four Guedras (Morocco)' |
1971, printed 1985 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 28,160.00 |
| 24 | Henri Cartier-Bresson | Queen Charlotte's Ball, London |
1959, printed later | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 25,600.00 |
| 78 | Edward S. Curtis | An Oasis in the Badlands |
1905, printed before 1920 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 24,320.00 |
| 28 | Hiroshi Sugimoto | Colors of Shadow C1030 |
2006 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 21,760.00 |
| 91 | Ansel Adams | Half Dome, Orchard, Winter, Yosemite National Park |
c. 1935, printed between 1973 and 1977 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 21,760.00 |
| 3 | Youssef Nabil | You Never Left #XII |
2010 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 20,480.00 |
| 43 | Herb Ritts | Fred with Tires |
1984 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 20,480.00 |
| 86 | Doug and Mike Starn | Structure of Thought 30 |
2013-21 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 20,480.00 |
| 11 | Robert Mapplethorpe | Flowers (Orchid) |
1986 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 19,200.00 |
| 90 | Ansel Adams | Monolith - The Face of Half Dome (Parmelian Print) |
1927 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 17,920.00 |
| 4 | Henri Cartier-Bresson | Leonor Fini, Italy |
1933, printed later | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 14,080.00 |
| 31 | Louise Lawler | Metadata |
2003, printed 2014 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 14,080.00 |
| 56 | Ruth Orkin | American Girl in Italy |
1951, printed c. 1980 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 14,080.00 |
| 60 | Steve Schapiro | 'Andy Warhol, Henry Geldzahler, Edie Sedgwick and Entourage, New York' |
1965, printed later | USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 12,800.00 |
| 75 | Peter Beard | 'Loliondo Lion Charge' (for 'The End of the Game') |
1964, printed later | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,800.00 |
| 6 | Slim Aarons | Poolside Pairs |
1970, printed posthumously | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,160.00 |
| 27 | Hiroshi Sugimoto | The Hall of Thirty-Three Bays |
1995 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,160.00 |
| 34 | Robert Mapplethorpe | Chest / Livingston |
1987 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,520.00 |
| 44 | Ruth Bernhard | The Eternal Body (Portfolio) |
1946-67 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,520.00 |
| 80 | Edward S. Curtis | The Rush Gatherer - Kutenai |
1910, printed before 1920 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 11,520.00 |
